The police report lodged by Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra yesterday will be sent to Kubang Kerian police station.
"The investigations will be transferred to the Kubang Kerian police station in Kelantan as the incident was alleged to have occurred there and comes under the jurisdiction of the police there," Dang Wangi OCPD Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman told AFP.
Zulkarnain was reported as saying that it was too early for the police to determine which laws the case would be investigated.
Tengku Muhammad Fakhry, the third prince in Kelantan’s royal house, made a police report in Kuala Lumpur late yesterday evening denying that he had raped and tortured his 17-year-old Indonesian wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot.
The prince was accompanied by his lawyer, Haaziq Pillay (right).
However, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry did not appear at a 8pm press conference held at Mandarin Oriental hotel about an hour after the police report was lodged.
In the packed press conference which was attended by 40 journalists - half of whom are from the Indonesian media - Haaziq spoke on behalf of the embattled prince.
He told journalists that Tengku Muhammad Fakhry denied abusing his estranged teen model wife and threatened to launch legal action against her for making false allegations.
"A police report has been lodged... we will be contemplating legal action with regard to the false allegation," said Haaziq.
A sex slave in Kelantan palace
Manohara has claimed that she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last year to Tengku Fahkry, whose father is the Kelantan sultan.
She escaped the prince's guards at a Singapore hotel and returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of the 31-year-old prince.
Manohara - a well-known socialite in Jakarta - said she was cut with a razor and injected with drugs which made her vomit blood while being held under guard in her bedroom at the palace.
Her lawyer said she had filed a police report on the abuse but Indonesian police say they are unable to investigate as the incidents took place outside their jurisdiction.
An Indonesian forensics expert confirmed on Tuesday that Manohara had been physically abused.
Meanwhile, Manohara’s lawyer Farhat Abbas said Tengku Muhammad Fakhry had panicked in lodging the police report.
"He (Fakhry) is just panicking to guard the good name of his family. We have proof that Manohara was abused. He should be jailed," he said.
Farhat was referring to photographic evidence of the abuse suffered by Manohara. The alleged undated pictures were taken by Manohara with her mobile phone while in captivity.
Farhat is ready to accompany both Manohara and her mother Daisy Fajarina to Malaysia if they are summoned by the Malaysian police.
“But they have to guarantee that both of them can return home to Indonesia. If there is a guarantee that both will be safe, it’s not a problem,” he said.
"The investigations will be transferred to the Kubang Kerian police station in Kelantan as the incident was alleged to have occurred there and comes under the jurisdiction of the police there," Dang Wangi OCPD Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman told AFP.
Zulkarnain was reported as saying that it was too early for the police to determine which laws the case would be investigated.
Tengku Muhammad Fakhry, the third prince in Kelantan’s royal house, made a police report in Kuala Lumpur late yesterday evening denying that he had raped and tortured his 17-year-old Indonesian wife, Manohara Odelia Pinot.
The prince was accompanied by his lawyer, Haaziq Pillay (right).However, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry did not appear at a 8pm press conference held at Mandarin Oriental hotel about an hour after the police report was lodged.
In the packed press conference which was attended by 40 journalists - half of whom are from the Indonesian media - Haaziq spoke on behalf of the embattled prince.
He told journalists that Tengku Muhammad Fakhry denied abusing his estranged teen model wife and threatened to launch legal action against her for making false allegations.
"A police report has been lodged... we will be contemplating legal action with regard to the false allegation," said Haaziq.
A sex slave in Kelantan palace
Manohara has claimed that she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last year to Tengku Fahkry, whose father is the Kelantan sultan.
She escaped the prince's guards at a Singapore hotel and returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of the 31-year-old prince.
Manohara - a well-known socialite in Jakarta - said she was cut with a razor and injected with drugs which made her vomit blood while being held under guard in her bedroom at the palace.
Her lawyer said she had filed a police report on the abuse but Indonesian police say they are unable to investigate as the incidents took place outside their jurisdiction.An Indonesian forensics expert confirmed on Tuesday that Manohara had been physically abused.
Meanwhile, Manohara’s lawyer Farhat Abbas said Tengku Muhammad Fakhry had panicked in lodging the police report.
"He (Fakhry) is just panicking to guard the good name of his family. We have proof that Manohara was abused. He should be jailed," he said.
Farhat was referring to photographic evidence of the abuse suffered by Manohara. The alleged undated pictures were taken by Manohara with her mobile phone while in captivity.
Farhat is ready to accompany both Manohara and her mother Daisy Fajarina to Malaysia if they are summoned by the Malaysian police.
“But they have to guarantee that both of them can return home to Indonesia. If there is a guarantee that both will be safe, it’s not a problem,” he said.
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